Federico Vindver

Federico Vindver (born 18 August 1982) is an Argentine record producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer based in Los Angeles, California.

Vindver has worked with several artists including, Kanye West, Coldplay, Justin Bieber, Ed Sheeran, Jack Harlow, Justin Timberlake, Alicia Keys, Saweetie, Christina Aguilera, Maria Carey, Zayn, Missy Elliott, Timbaland, Ozuna, Becky G, Meghan Trainor, Ludacris, Muse, Paulo Londra, Nathy Peluso, and Brockhampton.

He has worked on records that have earned him multiple Grammy Awards, and he was named Top 5 producer and writer by ''Billboard''.

Early life

Vindver was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. As a young man, he left the country during its financial crisis in 2002,

visiting Spain and Mexico before receiving a full piano scholarship to the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami in Florida. While he studied jazz at college, he learned other musical genres elsewhere. He was playing in a practice room at U.M. when he was approached and asked if he would play in a local African-American church. There he learned about gospel, R&B, and soul. He then became interested in technology and production.

"I was living in a practically destitute situation because my parents could not help me financially and even though I had the full scholarship, I lived in a place where I didn't even have a bed ", Vindver said.

"At that time, an Argentine friend who lived in Miami gave me a computer that he did not use, and there I downloaded cracked software to make music, and I started putting together the backing tracks for these gospel groups. As I did that, I started to like that a lot, and I started to get more interested in producing, at first with the bands I played in."

Music career

In 2008, while still in college, he briefly became keyboardist and show producer for Lauryn Hill.

After graduation in 2008, Vindver met Ricky Martin’s musical director, who connected him with Franco De Vita, and he worked with him as an arranger and keyboardist. Then he co-wrote the "Basta Ya" song for Martin's ''Música + Alma + Sexo'' album and toured to support it. Vindver continued to tour, playing keyboards with Latin artists Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony, then joined his wife to live in Los Angeles, California. At that time, he decided to focus full-time on production. In 2017, through manager/music executive Gary Marella, Vindver met Timbaland, and both started working together. They made tracks for rock band Muse, pop vocalist Noah Cyrus, and R&B singer Zayn.

In December 2018, Vindver and Timbaland were producing rap artists Saweetie and Lil Mosey, when Kanye West came to the studio. The following summer, Vindver, and West met again and bonded over their mutual Christian faith. His early experience playing gospel in Miami churches appealed to West, and they decided to work together on the latter's next album, ''Jesus Is King''.

In October 2019, Kanye West released ''Jesus is King'', which featured 10 out of 11 songs produced by Vindver. Those ten songs charted on the '' Billboard Hot 100''. A month after the release of ''Jesus is King'', four songs he co-wrote and produced appeared on the Coldplay album, ''Everyday Life.'' West's album debuted at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' 200 album chart in the United States, while the Coldplay album entered the U.K. Album Chart at No. 1. Of the songs Vindver wrote on ''Everyday Life'', two were released as singles and charted: "Orphans" went to No. 1 on ''Billboard''’s Rock Airplay chart, while "Everyday Life" hit No. 14 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart.

In the following years, Vindver wrote and produced for Pharrell Williams, Chance the Rapper, Armin Van Buuren, Tee Grizzley, A$AP Ferg, Brockhampton, Missy Elliott, Ant Clemons, Teyana Taylor, Jack Harlow among others.

In 2020, Vindver released an online platform for producers called BeatClub, that permits them to sell their music online and network with other producers and artists.

Vindver continued working with Timbaland, and that year the two producers joined Shucati, Rance, Angel Lόpez, and Sucuki, in working with Chance the Rapper on his track, "Found You", featuring Ludacris.

In November 2020, Josh Groban’s album, ''Harmony'', was produced by Bernie Herms, but Vindver produced an additional song for the project—"The Fullest (Feat. Kirk Franklin)."

In 2021, Vindver co-wrote the single "Higher Power" for Coldplay. Max Martin produced the song. Also, that year, he wrote and produced "We’re In This Together" for Justin Bieber's ''Freedom'' EP. his successful year resulted in 8 Latin Grammy nominations and 2 Latin Grammy Wins.

In 2022, Vindver started with 6 Grammy Award nominations, including the one for Album of The Year for "Donda." Vindver has been heavily involved in all the significant hit records of Latin artist Paulo Londra, which delivered them the top two global songs on Spotify Global top 100 with the single ''Plan A''.

Throughout his career, Vindver maintained a foothold in the Latin community, producing and writing for artists Paulo Londra ("Plan A", "Noche de novela" feat. Ed Sheeran), Ricky Martin ("Basta Ya"), Pablo Alborán ("Hablemos de amor"), C. Tangana ("Te Olvidaste feat. Omar Apollo"), Lali ("Fascinada", "Laligera"), YEИDRY ("Ya"), and many more.

In his career, Vindver has been nominated for several awards, including nominations for the 2022 Grammy Awards. He is currently nominated for "Album of the year", "Best Rap Album", "Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album" (2 Nominations), "Best Latin Pop Album ", and "Best Group Performance". Vindver recently added a few Latin Grammys to his collection with wins in categories such as "Best Engineered Album" and "Best Alternative Latin album."

Awards

Discography

References

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1982 births
Living people
Argentine record producers
Argentine songwriters
Male songwriters
Argentine emigrants to the United States